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Lowest income groups in Greece saw wages drop and taxes rise most during crisis
SocietyLower income groups in Greece saw their tax burden increase by 337.7 percent from 2008 to 2012... percent from 2008 to 2012, the bottom three income groups saw their earnings from wages sink the most...) was in the 5th decile while those at the top saw their wage income fall by 9.3 percent. It also finds
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Pressure from government MPs pushes PM towards resolution with farmers
PoliticsGreek Politics“beaten up out there”, while others claimed they were fearful of being “lynched” if they attempted... and police at roadblocks, Justice Minister Giorgos Floridis called the farmer’s leaders “gangsters
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More than half of small businesses saw turnover dive by at least 50 pct due to capital controls
Economyexceeding 70 percent. Overall, nine out of ten companies saw a decline in their revenues with the overall
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The year that Greece (nearly) saw it all
Agorathe eurozone many more. They saw SYRIZA come to power from virtually nowhere a few years earlier
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Newsletter 423 - 17/05/2024
vote to elect Greece’s MEPs. The joint press conference held by the two leaders saw the men praise... with London when incomes are factored in. By the same metric, Athens is only more affordable than Tel
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Apartment prices rise by 7.5 pct in Q4 and 7.2 pct in 2019
EconomyMacroeconomyapartments, classified as over five years old, saw their prices increase by 6.6 percent in Q4 versus a downward revised increase of 8.1 percent in Q3. Across 2019, old apartments saw an average price increase of 6.9 percent compared to a rise of 1.7 percent in 2018. In 2017, old apartments saw
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Newsletter 240 -21/02/2020
and KINAL, which saw their politicians implicated by the testimonies of the two protected witnesses... the target by 232 million. The underperformance was mostly driven by increased interest payments of 204
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Newsletter 263 -11/09/2020
pct of people living on Northern Aegean islands saw migration as a threat to Greece. In February... losses of 232 million in Q1 2020. The results from the National Bank of Greece (NBG) were solid despite
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Some movement on Greece's name dispute but solution still long way off
PoliticsGreek Politicsof terrorism spreading are pressing reasons for a solution. CBM’s Skopje and Athens agreed in June... last Saturday in Athens. Talks focused on the first package of 6 CBM’s (there are 11 in total.... “Irredentism” However, two days after the CBM talks were held, Greece tabled a formal complaint
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Samaras shoots, Samaras scores!
Agora“Samaras rescues Greece” – it’s the headline the prime minister and many in his office would have cherished. But Giorgos Samaras, the striker without a club, has beaten premier Antonis to the title... that also saw them through the game with Ivory Coast. At a time when Greek society is so deeply divided
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